I Consider My Election As A Duty Call: Asiedu Nketiah Declares

The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) new chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has called his election as party boss “a call to responsibility.”

He declared in his victory address, which he gave on Sunday morning to conclude the Party’s National Executive Elections that:

“Sunday’s event indicate that the NDC is not done with me yet. I see this election as a call to duty; the duty is enormous.” 

After holding the position of General Secretary of the NDC for 17 years, Mr. Nketiah ousted Mr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, who took over as Party Chairman in 2018 but was unsuccessful in seeking reelection.

The NDC’s new General Secretary is Mr. Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, formerly its Propaganda Secretary.

Moreover, former deputy minister for the Ashanti region, Mr. Joseph Yammin, also took first place in the national organizer competition.

In light of this, Mr. Nketiah thanked the delegates for their support of the new National Executive Members and stated that his first priority would be to rally the Party’s membership for success in the 2024 legislative and presidential elections.

To that effect, he iterated as follows:

“This is a victory for the NDC and that their defeat(losing candidates) is not a defeat in the actual sense but an indication that the Party needs them to serve in other positions.”

“We are prepared to sacrifice everything, including our lives to ensure that the country is rescued,” he said, referring to the Party’s National Executive Congress as an election to “regain the independence of this country.”

Meanwhile, John Dramani Mahama, the former president of Ghana, congratulated all the new executives and thanked the Party’s delegates for their sacrifices and work on the Party’s advancement.

“I believe the delegates have the best wisdom and they have told us what they want. It is our duty to work with the blueprint,” Mahama said.

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